Party politics and government
I am not a politician and not an expert either on poly-tricks to twist certain things in my favour as many of our politicians do or can do, to their advantage. It will not be out place to quote here the late Bhutto of Pakistan. To a question by some press people quoted as asking Bhutto, "Sir, it is said that you tell a bundle of lies, one thing in the morning and the other, just the opposite in the evening, what is your comment?", he was quoted to have replied "I am a politician and that is a great quality of a good politician."
Now, as a citizen however, I am politically conscious like many other fellow citizens of our country. In Bangladesh you know, almost all our people are said to be politically conscious and so I am.
I welcome the political party of grand alliance coming to power to form the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh with a great mandate of the people for a five-year term from now. I term it a national government, because once the government is in place to function it ceases to be any particular political party biased. Its role becomes neutral and so the government may be called a national government. As party politics runs counter to a democratic government, so it is discarded forthwith for a healthy political growth, development and culture in the country.
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